Security, Meet Functionality.
In this day and age, it seems like a major data breach hits the news nearly every week. Attacks are becoming more sophisticated, hackers are becoming stealthier, and the impacts of these attacks are...
View ArticlePrevention and Detection – Fight off Fraud
The statistics are frightening. The Federal government loses an estimated $300 billion per year to fraud, according to The Atlantic In fiscal year 2013 alone, Medicaid paid an estimated $14.4 billion...
View ArticleVideo Surveillance at the Edge
Did you know the video surveillance equipment market is expected to grow from about $15B in 2014 to nearly $26B in 2018? IHS Technology and many other analyst firms have the surveillance market growing...
View ArticleRSA – Protecting the Federal Government in the Digital Universe
The holidays have passed, and we have all gotten a little bigger – too much food, too many desserts. But that’s nothing compared to how fast data is growing. The EMC-sponsored IDC Digital Universe...
View ArticleRSA Responds to Executive Order on Cybersecurity
President Obama and leaders in government and industry discussed cybersecurity and consumer protection at Stanford University last week. As part of the summit, President Obama signed a new Executive...
View ArticleFedRAMP Gives VMware Technologies a Thumbs Up
In case you missed it, the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) has approved VMware’s vCloud Government Service provided by Carpathia, enabling civilian and defense agencies to...
View ArticleSafety First
You probably wouldn’t leave your house without locking the doors. Or ride a motorcycle without a helmet. And you most certainly wouldn’t leave your agency’s data unprotected. What do these scenarios...
View ArticleGoulden Outlines EMC II Strategy
David Goulden, CEO of EMC Information Infrastructure, outlined EMC’s strategy in storage, flash, data protection, converged infrastructure, enterprise hybrid cloud, and security analytics at a forum...
View ArticleReal-time Actionable Information Sharing – A Mission Critical Capability in...
In April 18, 1775, Boston and a soon to be fledgling nation faced a certain threat against a massive attack surface originating from thousands of miles away via the sea. At the onset of the American...
View ArticleIf a Picture’s Worth a Thousand Words, How About 30 Million Pictures?
Picture this – there is one surveillance camera for every 10 people in the U.S. – that’s close to 30 million cameras, and growing. As Feds experience a swelling flood of video data, the question looms:...
View ArticleBlurred Lines – A Theme for the Public and Private Sectors
I recently had an opportunity to speak to a group of cyber security leaders from across industry and government who had gathered at the Army Cyber Institute in West Point, N.Y. Much of the day was...
View ArticleLet’s Take a (Cyber) Drive – Improving Federal Data Protection
There are many varied cyber security efforts in place to help protect agencies’ data – programs like FISMA, FedRAMP, and the NIST Cybersecurity Framework. Even with these in place, stopping cyber...
View ArticleModern Data Protection: A Retrofit Isn’t Always the Answer
We’ve all seen the headlines. Despite FISMA, FedRAMP, and the NIST Cybersecurity Framework, Federal cyberattacks continue to mount. National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, particularly during a year...
View ArticleModern Data Protection: Why Hybrid Environments are Most Secure
Does automation and transitioning to the cloud go hand in hand? Automation and orchestration provide organizations with incredible flexibility by drastically reducing time spent on manual processes....
View ArticleSee You at the Summit
Please join EMC and Carahsoft at the EMC Federal Summit, an event focused on cybersecurity, Big Data, Federal Enterprise hybrid cloud, and data protection – November 18 at the JW Marriott in...
View ArticleThe Innovation Runway
Cyber attacks are inevitable – and, according to a Data Protection Survey, public sector organizations are far more likely to suffer disruptions than commercial businesses. In fact, compared to any...
View ArticleFront and Center: The Encryption Debate
This week, Amit Yoran, President, RSA, testified before the United States House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on an Oversight and Investigations hearing entitled, “Deciphering the...
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